But Apple says no, aruging that HTC continues to infringe on the patent in question. As such, Apple wants the ITC to act immediately to clamp down on any further infringements. In its complaint, though, Apple is citing a lot more phones than just the HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE.

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The 29 HTC smartphones considered by Apple to be in violation of the patent include: the HTC One X, the HTC One S, the HTC One V, the HTC Inspire 4G, the HTC Vivid, the HTC Status, the HTC Sensation, the HTC Sensation 4G, the HTC Wildfire, the HTC Wildfire S, the HTC Hero, the HTC Hero S, the HTC EVO 4G LTE, the HTC Evo 4G, the HTC Evo V 4G, the HTC Evo Design 4G, the HTC Evo 3D, the HTC Amaze 4G, the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE, the HTC myTouch 4G, the HTC myTouch 4G Slide, the HTC Merge, the HTC Rezound, the HTC Rhyme, the HTC ThunderBolt, the HTC Flyer, the HTC Jetstream, the HTC EVO View 4G, and the Droid Incredible 2.

After initially ruling on the matter last December, the ITC granted HTC four months to change its devices to work past Apple's patent, according to Mueller.

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Journalist, software trainer, and Web developer Lance Whitney writes columns and reviews for CNET, Computer Shopper, Microsoft TechNet, and other technology sites. His first book, "Windows 8 Five Minutes at a Time," was published by Wiley & Sons in November 2012.
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